October 2021 – Columbia University and NYPL are joining forces to assist New York City neighborhoods dealing with the mental health fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to hit low-income and Black and Latinx New Yorkers the hardest. The Post-COVID Community Mental Health Project aims to increase public access to mental health information; educate communities on mental health risks, including addiction; engage residents in supporting each other’s wellbeing, and improve connections to behavioral health services.